The businessman’s current girlfriend, who is British but not named, reportedly told police his ex lover was inside their luxury villa when the couple returned home from a week away.

She said the ex opened the door to them, but then had to call emergency services after being barred entry to the property.

The girlfriend also told police she did not have keys to the home and it wasn’t until police and fire crews climbed over a fence and into the property that they found his body and a gun lying next to him.

One neighbour told the Mail that Ms Kukucova had moved in to the villa with Mr Bush nearly two years ago and he had only recently started seeing his British girlfriend.

Ms Kukucova’s Facebook page shows several pictures of her posing in swimwear and lingerie, and she claims to be a student at Bristol’s English School.

Mr Bush, who had been living in Spain, still owns shops in the Bristol area with his store at the Galleries Bristol shopping centre closed over the weekend.